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euonen MALLORY, or B311)enronryooNNucTwuT; Letters Patent No. 60,213, dated December 4, 1866.

SPEGIFIGATJZON, TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, -GEORGE MALLORY, of Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Extending Hat Brims; and I dohereby declare the following, when taken 1 in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, tobe a full, clear, 1 and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure 1, a section of one side of a hat brim, illustrating my invention. Figure 2, a section of the edge of a hat brim much enlarged .and in Figure .3, a section of the wire prepared for use.

This invention relates to an improvement in springs for distending hat brims, and consists in the employment in the edge of hat brims of a fiat covered wire, whicli has enclosed withinits covering a cord, or an equivalent therefor, so as to give to one side of the wires convexity, which renders it peculiarly applicable for this 1 purpose, to extend and retain the brim in the desired form. In theuse offlat springs for distending hat brims, for which Letters Patent were granted to William H. Mallory, dated September 8, 1863,32 is foundrthatth e sharp angles of the wire tend to out through the binding to the great injury of the hat. To avoid this is the object of my invention. i

To enableothers skilled in the art to construct and use my improvement, I will proceed to describe the same as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

I take the coinmon flat steel wire and introduce it into the braiding machine in the usual manner, and with it, upon one side, a cord of any proper material, and braid around the two in the usual manner for covering wire, enclosing the cord firmly upon the wire, as denoted enlarged in fig. 3, the wire denotedin black, the cord in blue, and the covering in red; this gives to that side of the wire upon whichis the cord a convexity in proportion to the size of the cord. 'v-This peculiar" wire was patented'to Thomas 5. Gilbert, date d June 17, 1866. I cut this wire into proper lengths, according to the circumference of the brim, and join the two ends in any convenient or known manner, the convex or corded surface being upon the outside; this springor hoop I then place upon the brim, A, as seen in figs. 1 and 2, and over this the binding, as denoted in black in the drawings, first, if deemed necessary, stitching the hoop or springto the rim, the cord enabling the workman to easily pass the needle through the covering for this purpose, thus securingthe spring to the hat independent of the binding. Thus it will be seen that a neatly rounded edge is given to the hat brim; and by the convex surface of the hoop the sharp angles of the wire are relieved, and consequently'do not wear upon the binding so much as flat wire. v

I have described my invention as to be placed directly on the edge'ofthe brim; this is proper for-flat brims, but in hats which have the brim rolled or turned up the spring is placed beneath the '*roll, and in that position the convexity is of an equal advantag'e,,as the wear of the angles of the common fiat wirecomes directly, I

upon the material of the hat, and by the convexity the wear is entirely-avoided.

I do not, as is evidenced by the foregoing, claimthe employment of that wire forth'e purpose of distendi ng hat brims; neither do I claim wire having a cord enclosed within its covering; but having thus fully-described my invention, what I do claim as-new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A hat, the-brim of which is distended by a covered spring, having enclosed within its covering a cord, or an equivalent therefor, substantially asherein-set forth.

' GEO. MALLORY. Witnesses:

T. L. Wnrsou, J. F. Fa znnwmrnuu. 

